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SpaceX’s Crew-4 astronauts thrilled after ‘eye-watering’ space station trip
The newly arrived Crew-4 astronauts on the International Space Station are ready to begin a six-month stay in space after a smooth SpaceX trip this week.Pilot and NASA astronaut Robert…
Once-in-a-decade report urges NASA to explore Uranus
A once-in-a-decade report out Tuesday recommended NASA and other space agencies study the planet Uranus within the next decade to better understand giant icy worlds in our solar system…
Large Hadron Collider restarts to push physics to the edge
Scientists overseeing the largest particle accelerator on Earth switched it on for the first time in three years this weekend to solve some of the biggest mysteries in physics. The Large…
Climate change could cause a mass marine extinction event, study says
Placeholder while article actions loadNot since an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs — along with half of all other beings on Earth — has life in the ocean been so at risk.Warming waters…
Titanosaur nesting spot found in Brazil
Júlia d'OliveiraThey were the largest land creatures the Earth has ever known. But what survived millions of…
Axiom Mission 1 Private Astronaut Crew Safely Splashes Down Near Florida
SpaceX’s Dragon Endeavour capsule splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean on April 25, 2022, marking the end of Axiom Space’s Axiom Mission 1 – the first all-private astronaut mission to the…
Another Milestone! Webb Space Telescope Completes First Multi-Instrument Alignment
By NASA
April 2, 2022NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and Northrup Grumman
The sixth stage of aligning <span…
UC Berkeley Paleontologist Posits New Theory For Why T. Rexes Had Those Tiny Arms
Many, many children and adults have wondered aloud, upon first learning about the king of dinosaurs Tyrannosaurus Rex, why these powerful, extinct beasts had such short, stubby little…
SpaceX rolls Falcon 9 rocket, Dragon capsule out to pad for Ax-1 astronaut launch
The hardware that will launch the first-ever all-private astronaut mission to the International Space Station has made its way to the pad.On Tuesday (April 5), SpaceX rolled the Falcon 9…
NASA delays dress rehearsal of new megarocket
Today, NASA suspended the last major test of its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket after pressurization issues prevented technicians from safely loading propellants into the rocket. The…